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Abstract:

Embodiments are directed to an apparatus or method that includes among
other features, a search engine configured to permit a user to search the
profiles of other users, a storage medium configured to store the profile
of the users such that the profiles include at least one of text,
picture, audio and video, wherein the profile displays tasks that were
performed by the user in the past and a team creation module configured
to form a team of a group of users such that a skill for performing a
task associated with the group of users is generated based on the
combined skill of the group of users.

Claims:

1. An apparatus, comprising: a search engine configured to permit a user
to search the profiles of other users; a storage medium configured to
store the profile of the users such that the profiles include at least
one of text, picture, audio and video, wherein the profile displays tasks
that were performed by the user in the past; a team creation module
configured to form a team of a group of users such that a skill for
performing a task associated with the group of users is generated based
on the combined skill of the group of users.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the combined skill of the group of
users is an aggregation of the skill of performing a task of each user in
the group of users.

3. A method for creating a team of user, comprising: creating, using a
team creation module, a group of users, wherein each user has at least
one skill that is contributed to the group of users; generating a profile
that aggregates the shared skills of each user to form a skill of the
group of users.

Description:

SUMMARY

[0001] Embodiments are directed to an apparatus or method that includes
among other features, a search engine configured to permit a user to
search the profiles of other users, a storage medium configured to store
the profile of the users such that the profiles include at least one of
text, picture, audio and video, wherein the profile displays tasks that
were performed by the user in the past and a team creation module
configured to form a team of a group of users such that a skill for
performing a task associated with the group of users is generated based
on the combined skill of the group of users.

[0002] Embodiments include a method or system for creating a team of user
that includes, creating, using a team creation module, a group of users,
wherein each user that is a member of the group of users has at least one
skill that is contributed to the group of users and generating a profile
that aggregates the shared skills of each user to form a skill of the
group of users.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0003] FIG. 1 is a display that may be generated by an embodiment of the
system and method described above.

[0004] Various other figures are also attached below.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0005] Embodiments are directed to a tool that changes the way people find
work. Instead of applying for jobs, the tools shows employers who is the
person. Aspects are directed to providing a "Supermarket of Talent" and
provides businesses and entrepreneurs a way to browse and search through
a plurality of visual and textual based media profiles to find the exact
individual or groups of individuals they need to get the job done.

[0006] Aspect are directed to providing a search that permits a person to
search for other individual or individuals and invite them to form a user
created team. These user created teams may allow people to merge their
skills together and offer their services as a collaborative group for
businesses to hire the entire team.

[0007] A user may create a multidimensional resume that includes a welcome
video, video library of your skills, photo library of your skills,
document library that highlights your skills, graphics and/or
illustration library that highlights your skills, links to web articles
and/or pages that highlight the users' skills and/or achievements and a
live reference module that allows the user to gather references from
various people that can speak to the user's abilities and/or talent.

[0008] The live reference module is unique with its ability for you, the
user may send a reference request from the website--requesting a previous
employer or coworker for a reference. This recipient will get an email or
other forms of communication from the website asking for a specific
reference, with a link back to the website where their recommendation or
reference can be entered and directly embedded into the profile or resume
of the requester.

[0009] Aspect of the website may provide the user the ability to add other
colleagues to their contact listing and then have the ability to reach
out and message the entire list or simply select who they wish to send a
message to. The user will also be able to send requests to other members
to have them join your team.

[0010] The profile page will provide a user tools to monitor the
"Messages", "Requests", "Contacts", "Talents" and "Teams" that you have
added to your profile or interactions that are taking place on your
profile. The user will also be able to track "Current Jobs you have
accepted", "Jobs and/or projects the user are watching", "Upcoming Dates
and Tasks" and "Possible Job Connections".

[0011] Aspect of the website will allow businesses and entrepreneurs to
join as a "Business members" and providing them the tools to "Post Jobs",
"Post Projects" and allow individuals to "Inquire" or "Add" the business
member to their watch list. They will be able to hire individuals or hire
"Teams" that have been created on the site.

[0012] Feature of the website allow individuals to join the website and to
form their own company within our online community. This feature will
allow the users to invite various other users to join or form their own
company. Once a user joins a company, the user's portfolio or portions of
the user's portfolio will be added to the company's page allowing them to
market the user's talent to others companies, users or customers.
Removing a user's profile and/or name from the company's online community
website will eliminate the user from the company website and will not
permit others to communicate directly with a user without the company or
trying to reach out to the user directly.

[0013] The above references features allow thousands of strong sales
individuals who wish to build a business by marketing other individuals'
talent. Alternatively, other users that are not strong at marketing
themselves may associate themselves with other businesses or users that
will go out and sell and/or market the user or the user's skills to
others. The business in the online community may profit by offering
talent from smaller markets into larger market centers for a higher rate
value and by combining a set of user's with varying backgrounds together
to make a stronger offering.

[0014] Embodiments of the method or apparatus allows individuals share
information about them that allows other users to see who they are by
building and adding the rich-media content to their profile(s). Media
rich may include text, photos, videos or the like. Companies and
entrepreneurs will be able to Join the online community as a business
member and to share with the individuals details regarding their goals,
culture and other information.

[0015] Talent Earth is simply a "Show Me Site" vs. "Tell Me Site" and
allows anyone to quickly paint a picture of who they are and how they can
be used for upcoming projects or jobs.

[0016] Embodiments may be provided for free to some or all users and the
user's may data into a pre-set limited amount of space to store their
profile videos, photos, documents, etc. There may be a second tier of
access that offers other users, to have unlimited skills and upload a
larger preset-limited amount of space. For example, the space may be 5 GB
of space in addition to the free users and will give the users the
ability to build and/or join teams and collaborate with other users.

[0017] Another type of user may be a business, which may provide
businesses with the ability to upload jobs and projects. The business
members will be able to respond to users by choosing from a list of
pre-written response letters that are stored or uploaded to their letter
and/or response queue. The companies will also be able track and assign
all projects that are started with various users.

[0018] Various advantages may be realized by the system and method
described above, individuals are provided with the ability to upload and
show videos, photos, skills text to potential employers or other
individuals. The system and method described above provides businesses a
way to shop for a user's skills similar to the way someone shops at a
grocery store for food. A user's skills will be on display "showcased" in
a multi-dimensional fashion that allows people and businesses to browse
and look through the user's abilities.

[0019] May people currently work at jobs to pay their bills or pay for
healthcare. The embodiments of the system or method discussed above
allows these user achieve their monitory goals while allowing them to
highlight what they truly enjoy doing as well or allow them to utilize
their true core abilities. Accordingly an individual may be able to
supplement their income or change careers all together.

[0020] Embodiments of the system and methods described above allow users
and businesses to determine what skills or experience other individuals
have without having to review a document alone. Embodiments allow
individuals to be evaluated based on the tasks the user has performed in
the past instead on first impressions during an interview.

Brief Description of the Platform

[0021] Embodiments are directed to a job listing website stored on a
non-transitory computer storage medium, the website provides a visual
resume creation and management system to represent the skills and
experience of registered members who are seeking employment. The website
allows employers to list and manage their available jobs. The website may
permit social networking features; such as posting and sharing messages
and statuses, use rich media to support user profiles and especially to
find, create and network with virtual teams on the site. The website
provides a rich display of individuals' skills and talents, it is also to
be searchable and marketable by their key attributes and provides a
unique and appealing web platform.

[0023] Those of skill would further appreciate that the various
illustrative logical blocks, modules, circuits, and algorithm steps
described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be
implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of
both. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware and
software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and
steps have been described above generally in terms of their
functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or
software depends upon the particular application and design constraints
imposed on the overall system. Skilled artisans may implement the
described functionality in varying ways for each particular application,
but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a
departure from the scope of the present disclosure.

[0024] The various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits
described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be
implemented or performed with a general purpose processor, a digital
signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit
(ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable
logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware
components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions
described herein. A processor may be a microprocessor, but in the
alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller,
microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as
a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a
microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more
microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such
configuration.

[0025] The steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the
embodiments disclosed herein may be embodied directly in hardware, in a
software module executed by a processor, or in a combination of the two.
A software module may reside in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory,
EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, hard disk, a removable disk, a
CD-ROM, or any other form of non-transitory storage medium known in the
art. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such that
the processor can read information from, and write information to, the
storage medium. In the alternative, the storage medium may be integral to
the processor. The processor and the storage medium may reside in an
ASIC. The ASIC may reside in a user terminal. In the alternative, the
processor and the storage medium may reside as discrete components in a
user terminal.

[0026] In one or more exemplary embodiments, the functions described may
be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination
thereof. If implemented in software, the functions may be stored on or
transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a
computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes both computer
storage media and communication media including any medium that
facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. A
storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a
computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable
media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk
storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any
other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in
the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a
computer. In addition, any connection is properly termed a
computer-readable medium. For example, if the software is transmitted
from a website, server, or other remote source using a coaxial cable,
fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), or
wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave, then the
coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless
technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included in the
definition of medium. Disk and disc, as used herein, includes compact
disc (CD), laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD), floppy
disk, and Blu-Ray disc where disks usually reproduce data magnetically,
while discs reproduce data optically with lasers. Combinations of the
above should also be included within the scope of computer-readable
media.

[0027] The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided
to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present
disclosure. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily
apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined
herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the
spirit or scope of the disclosure. Thus, the present disclosure is not
intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be
accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel
features disclosed herein.